diff --git a/chainreg/taproot_check.go b/chainreg/taproot_check.go
index dedc717eb3d..45c5c5b1945 100644
--- a/chainreg/taproot_check.go
+++ b/chainreg/taproot_check.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package chainreg
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"slices"
 
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/rpcclient"
 )
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ func backendSupportsTaproot(rpc *rpcclient.Client) bool {
 	}
 
 	info := struct {
+		ScriptFlags []string `json:"script_flags"`
 		Deployments map[string]struct {
 			Type   string `json:"type"`
 			Active bool   `json:"active"`
@@ -59,6 +61,14 @@ func backendSupportsTaproot(rpc *rpcclient.Client) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
+	// Before Bitcoin Core v31, taproot was still included as a BIP9
+	// deployment.
 	_, ok := info.Deployments["taproot"]
-	return ok
+
+	// Since v31, taproot is activated at genesis and no longer appears
+	// as a deployment. Also in v31, Bitcoin Core added a "script_flags"
+	// field to getdeploymentinfo which lists all the verification flags.
+	hasFlag := slices.Contains(info.ScriptFlags, "TAPROOT")
+
+	return ok || hasFlag
 }
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.21.0.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.21.0.md
index ad58f77da7f..10bf65efac9 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.21.0.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.21.0.md
@@ -360,6 +360,10 @@
 
 ## Code Health
 
+* [Update taproot detection](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10683)
+  to accommodate buried activation (and modified RPC `getdeploymentinfo`
+  response) beginning in Bitcoin Core v32.
+
 ## Tooling and Documentation
 
 * [Added missing `lncli:` tags](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10658)
@@ -382,6 +386,7 @@
 * Erick Cestari
 * Gijs van Dam
 * hieblmi
+* Matthew Zipkin
 * Mohamed Awnallah
 * Nishant Bansal
 * Pins